BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY DISCLOSURE ACT 2010

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 2A Object  
• 3 Definitions  
• 4 Offering to sell and inviting offers to purchase a building  
• 5 Offering to let or sublet and inviting offers to lease or sublease a building or an area of a building  
• 5A Application to wholly - owned subsidiaries  
• 6 Further subleases  
• 7 Relationship with State and Territory law  
• 8 Act binds the Crown  
• 9 External Territories  

PART 2--OBLIGATIONS--TO DISCLOSE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INFORMATION

• 10 Buildings and areas of buildings affected by energy efficiency disclosure obligations  
• 11 No sale, lease or sublease without a building energy efficiency certificate  
• 12 Rights of a prospective purchaser, lessee or sublessee  
• 13 Building energy efficiency certificates--applications  
• 13A Building energy efficiency certificates--issue  
• 14 Building Energy Efficiency Register  
• 15 Advertisements to include energy efficiency ratings  
• 17 Exemptions on application  
• 17A Automatic exemptions  
• 18 Information gathering  
• 19 Offences relating to information obtained or generated in applying for a certificate  
• 20 Damages for failure to properly carry out assessments  
• 21 Methods and standards of assessment  

PART 3--ACCREDITATION--OF ASSESSORS

Division 1--Accreditation

• 24 Application for accreditation  
• 25 Accreditation of assessors  
• 26 Period of accreditation  
• 27 Conditions of accreditation  

Division 2--Suspension and revocation of accreditation

• 28 Suspension of accreditation  
• 29 Lift of suspension  
• 30 Revocation of accreditation  

Division 3--General provisions relating to accreditation

• 31 Register of Accredited Assessors  
• 32 Offence--holding out to be an accredited assessor  

PART 4--AUDITING--ACCREDITED ASSESSORS

Division 1--Appointment of auditing authority and auditors

• 33 Auditing authority  
• 34 Auditors  
• 35 Identity cards  

Division 2--Powers of auditors

• 36 Auditor may enter a building, an area of a building or an associated place by consent or under warrant  
• 37 Monitoring powers of auditors  
• 38 Persons assisting auditors  
• 39 Auditor may ask questions and seek production of documents  

Division 3--Obligations of auditors

• 40 Consent  
• 41 Announcement before entry under warrant  
• 42 Auditor to be in possession of warrant  
• 43 Details of warrant etc. to be given to occupier  
• 44 Compensation for damage to electronic equipment  

Division 4--Occupier's rights and responsibilities

• 45 Occupier entitled to observe execution of warrant  
• 46 Occupier to provide auditor with facilities and assistance  

Division 5--Monitoring warrants

• 47 Monitoring warrants  

Division 6--Powers of magistrates

• 48 Powers of magistrates  

PART 5--ENFORCEMENT

Division 1--Obtaining information and documents

• 49 Secretary may obtain information or documents  
• 50 Failure to comply with a notice  

Division 2--Civil penalties

• 51 Civil penalty provisions  
• 52 Maximum amount of pecuniary penalty  

Division 3--Infringement notices

• 53 Infringement notices  

Division 4--Other matters

• 65 Energy Efficiency Non - disclosure Register  
• 66 Evidentiary certificate relating to the Building Energy Efficiency Register  

PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

• 67 Reviewable decisions  
• 68 Internal review of certain decisions  
• 69 Administrative review of certain decisions  
• 70 Protection of information obtained or generated by issuing authorities, auditors etc.  
• 71 Delegations  
• 71A Issuing authorities  
• 72 Regulations